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Noun

Definition 1:
• Acronym of behavior, information, thoughts, emotions ("four aspects of people's lives that a cult attempts to control").
Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Noun
Pronunciation: /baɪt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bīt

Definition 1:
• The act of biting.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• The wound left behind after having been bitten.
Example: That snake bite really hurts!
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
Example: After just one night in the jungle I was covered with mosquito bites.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: sting
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
Example: There were only a few bites left on the plate.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 5:
• Something unpleasant.
Labels: countable, slang, uncountable

Definition 6:
• An act of plagiarism.
Example: That song is a bite of my song!
Labels: countable, slang, uncountable

Definition 7:
• A small meal or snack.
Example: a bite to eat
Example: I'll have a quick bite to quiet my stomach until dinner.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 8:
• incisiveness, provocativeness, exactness.
Labels: figuratively, uncountable

Definition 9:
• Aggression.
Labels: figuratively, uncountable

Definition 10:
• The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
Labels: countable, uncountable

Definition 11:
• A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
Labels: colloquial, countable, dated, uncountable

Definition 12:
• A sharper; one who cheats.
Labels: colloquial, countable, dated, slang, uncountable

Definition 13:
• A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
Labels: media, printing, publishing, countable, uncountable

Definition 14:
• A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
Labels: countable, slang, uncountable

Definition 15:
• Ellipsis of sound bite.
Labels: broadcasting, media, television, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Definition 16:
• The turn that a spin bowler imparts to a pitch.
Labels: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, countable, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /baɪt/
Pronunciation (ENPR): bīt

Definition 1:
• To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
Example: As soon as you bite that sandwich, you'll know how good it is.
Labels: transitive

Definition 2:
• To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
Labels: transitive

Definition 3:
• To attack with the teeth.
Example: That dog is about to bite!
Labels: intransitive

Definition 4:
• To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
Example: If you see me, come and say hello. I don't bite.
Labels: intransitive, in the negative

Definition 5:
• To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
Example: I needed snow chains to make the tires bite.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 6:
• To have significant effect, often negative.
Example: For homeowners with adjustable rate mortgages, rising interest will really bite.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 7:
• To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
Example: Are the fish biting today?
Labels: intransitive, of a fish

Definition 8:
• To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
Example: I've planted the story. Do you think they'll bite?
Labels: figuratively, intransitive

Definition 9:
• To sting.
Example: These mosquitoes are really biting today!
Labels: intransitive, transitive, of an insect

Definition 10:
• To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
Example: It bites like pepper or mustard.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 11:
• To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
Example: Pepper bites the mouth.
Labels: figuratively, sometimes, transitive

Definition 12:
• To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 13:
• To take or keep a firm hold.
Example: The anchor bites.
Labels: intransitive

Definition 14:
• To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
Example: The anchor bites the ground.
Labels: transitive

Definition 15:
• To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
Example: This music really bites.
Labels: slang, stative

Definition 16:
• To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
Example: You don't like that I sat on your car? Bite me.
Labels: informal, transitive, vulgar

Definition 17:
• To plagiarize, to imitate.
Example: He always be biting my moves.
Labels: intransitive, slang

Definition 18:
• To deceive or defraud; to take in.
Labels: obsolete, slang, transitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bite